Fertility & birth rates in Cape Verde and Sweden

Fertility rate in Cape Verde vs Sweden chart

According to the latest available data on birth rates, the fertility rate in Cape Verde was 1.52 children per woman in 2023, compared to 1.45 in Sweden in 2023. The replacement level is considered to be 2.1 children per woman.

Check Cape Verde vs Sweden population clock for a dynamic visualization of the changing population.

The chart below showcases historical changes in the birth rates.

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Cape Verde	Sweden
1960	6.89	2.17
1961	6.92	2.21
1962	6.95	2.25
1963	6.98	2.33
1964	6.99	2.47
1965	6.99	2.39
1966	6.99	2.37
1967	6.98	2.28
1968	6.97	2.07
1969	6.95	1.93
1970	6.94	1.92
1971	6.91	1.96
1972	6.89	1.91
1973	6.86	1.87
1974	6.82	1.87
1975	6.77	1.77
1976	6.71	1.68
1977	6.65	1.64
1978	6.56	1.6
1979	6.47	1.66
1980	6.38	1.68
1981	6.27	1.63
1982	6.17	1.62
1983	6.07	1.61
1984	5.97	1.66
1985	5.92	1.74
1986	5.81	1.8
1987	5.68	1.84
1988	5.55	1.96
1989	5.45	2.01
1990	5.36	2.13
1991	5.26	2.11
1992	5.12	2.09
1993	4.95	1.99
1994	4.72	1.88
1995	4.49	1.73
1996	4.26	1.6
1997	4.05	1.52
1998	3.9	1.5
1999	3.73	1.5
2000	3.55	1.54
2001	3.37	1.57
2002	3.19	1.65
2003	3.03	1.71
2004	2.9	1.75
2005	2.73	1.77
2006	2.56	1.85
2007	2.41	1.88
2008	2.3	1.91
2009	2.25	1.94
2010	2.33	1.98
2011	2.33	1.9
2012	2.15	1.91
2013	2.07	1.89
2014	2.03	1.88
2015	1.97	1.85
2016	1.97	1.85
2017	1.93	1.78
2018	1.8	1.76
2019	1.7	1.71
2020	1.59	1.67
2021	1.55	1.67
2022	1.53	1.53
2023	1.52	1.45
2024	1.51	1.45
2025	1.5	1.46
2026	1.49	1.46
2027	1.48	1.47
2028	1.47	1.47
2029	1.47	1.48
2030	1.47	1.48
2031	1.47	1.49
2032	1.47	1.49
2033	1.47	1.49
2034	1.47	1.5
2035	1.47	1.5
2036	1.47	1.5
2037	1.47	1.51
2038	1.47	1.51
2039	1.48	1.51
2040	1.48	1.52
2041	1.48	1.52
2042	1.48	1.53
2043	1.49	1.53
2044	1.49	1.53
2045	1.49	1.53
2046	1.49	1.53
2047	1.49	1.54
2048	1.5	1.54
2049	1.5	1.54
2050	1.5	1.54

Children 0-14 years as share of population

Table

Year	Share of people 0-14 years old
	Cape Verde	Sweden
1960	43.6%	22.4%
1961	44.3%	22%
1962	45.1%	21.5%
1963	45.6%	21.2%
1964	46%	21%
1965	46.2%	20.9%
1966	46.2%	20.9%
1967	46.1%	21%
1968	45.9%	20.9%
1969	45.5%	20.9%
1970	45.2%	20.8%
1971	45%	20.8%
1972	45%	20.8%
1973	45%	20.7%
1974	44.9%	20.7%
1975	45.3%	20.7%
1976	45.9%	20.6%
1977	46.5%	20.5%
1978	46.9%	20.3%
1979	47.3%	19.9%
1980	47.4%	19.6%
1981	47.3%	19.2%
1982	47%	18.9%
1983	46.8%	18.6%
1984	46.6%	18.3%
1985	46.4%	18.2%
1986	46.2%	18%
1987	46.1%	17.9%
1988	45.9%	17.8%
1989	45.8%	17.8%
1990	45.7%	17.9%
1991	45.6%	18.1%
1992	45.5%	18.4%
1993	45.2%	18.6%
1994	44.9%	18.8%
1995	44.6%	18.9%
1996	44.2%	18.8%
1997	43.7%	18.7%
1998	43.2%	18.7%
1999	42.5%	18.6%
2000	41.8%	18.4%
2001	40.9%	18.3%
2002	39.9%	18.1%
2003	38.9%	17.9%
2004	37.9%	17.7%
2005	36.9%	17.4%
2006	36%	17.1%
2007	35%	16.9%
2008	34.1%	16.7%
2009	33.1%	16.6%
2010	32.2%	16.6%
2011	31.3%	16.7%
2012	30.4%	16.8%
2013	29.8%	17%
2014	29.2%	17.2%
2015	28.8%	17.3%
2016	28.5%	17.5%
2017	28.4%	17.7%
2018	28.4%	17.8%
2019	28.4%	17.8%
2020	28.4%	17.7%
2021	28%	17.7%
2022	27.2%	17.5%
2023	26.4%	17.2%
2024	25.5%	17%
2025	24.7%	16.7%
2026	23.8%	16.4%
2027	23%	16.2%
2028	22.2%	15.9%
2029	21.4%	15.6%
2030	20.6%	15.3%
2031	19.8%	15.1%
2032	19%	14.8%
2033	18.2%	14.5%
2034	17.5%	14.3%
2035	16.9%	14.1%
2036	16.6%	13.9%
2037	16.5%	13.8%
2038	16.4%	13.8%
2039	16.4%	13.8%
2040	16.3%	13.8%
2041	16.2%	13.8%
2042	16.2%	13.9%
2043	16.1%	13.9%
2044	16.1%	14%
2045	16%	14.1%
2046	16%	14.1%
2047	15.9%	14.2%
2048	15.8%	14.3%
2049	15.7%	14.4%
2050	15.6%	14.4%

Children aged 0-14 make up 25.5% of the population in Cape Verde and 17% in Sweden in 2024, compared to 45.7% and 17.9% respectively in 1990.

Demographics of Cape Verde and Sweden compared.

Natural population change in Cape Verde vs Sweden by year

For the past 10 years, the annual natural population change (excluding migration) has been +0.98% in Cape Verde and +0.2% in Sweden. The chart below illustrates the comparison of the absolute yearly changes resulting from births and deaths.

Table

Year	Population change due to births and deaths
	Cape Verde	Sweden
1960	6,098	27,693
1961	6,247	30,832
1962	6,468	30,246
1963	6,589	35,741
1964	6,725	45,968
1965	6,877	44,857
1966	7,039	45,286
1967	7,214	41,700
1968	7,408	30,858
1969	7,625	23,904
1970	7,878	30,563
1971	8,359	31,583
1972	8,716	28,428
1973	9,003	24,409
1974	9,295	23,664
1975	9,601	14,746
1976	9,833	8,222
1977	10,036	7,426
1978	10,152	4,138
1979	10,223	4,976
1980	10,276	5,818
1981	10,470	1,664
1982	10,597	1,665
1983	10,736	833
1984	10,835	3,335
1985	11,105	4,175
1986	11,295	9,206
1987	11,426	11,757
1988	11,523	15,186
1989	11,608	24,629
1990	11,738	29,100
1991	11,899	29,299
1992	11,915	28,605
1993	11,805	20,924
1994	11,410	20,196
1995	10,764	9,710
1996	10,613	1,768
1997	10,323	-3,539
1998	10,187	-3,541
1999	9,989	-6,201
2000	9,752	-2,662
2001	9,510	-1,779
2002	9,278	893
2003	9,037	6,271
2004	8,825	9,893
2005	8,428	9,030
2006	7,980	15,436
2007	7,559	15,552
2008	7,313	18,439
2009	7,216	21,387
2010	7,746	25,320
2011	7,874	21,733
2012	7,157	20,943
2013	6,780	23,041
2014	6,622	26,179
2015	6,314	23,518
2016	6,238	25,800
2017	5,993	24,138
2018	5,282	23,403
2019	4,773	25,697
2020	3,734	14,495
2021	3,575	22,914
2022	3,864	10,487
2023	3,798	5,269

Maternal mortality chart: Cape Verde vs Sweden

The maternal mortality rate, which is the probability of dying during childbirth or within 42 days of pregnancy termination, is 40 deaths per 100,000 live births in Cape Verde, compared to 4 deaths in Sweden.

Table

Year	Maternal mortality per 100K births
	Cape Verde	Sweden
1985	420	8
1986	394	8
1987	366	8
1988	346	9
1989	322	9
1990	298	8
1991	277	8
1992	255	8
1993	233	8
1994	214	7
1995	196	7
1996	167	6
1997	147	6
1998	134	6
1999	122	6
2000	110	5
2001	101	5
2002	92	5
2003	86	5
2004	80	5
2005	75	5
2006	76	5
2007	73	5
2008	68	5
2009	62	5
2010	61	5
2011	55	5
2012	51	5
2013	50	5
2014	48	5
2015	46	5
2016	44	5
2017	43	5
2018	43	5
2019	41	4
2020	56	5
2021	56	5
2022	42	5
2023	40	4

Under-five mortality rates

The chance that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five is 1.16% in Cape Verde and 0.25% in Sweden. Below is the historical data on under-five mortality rates.

Table

Year	Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
	Cape Verde	Sweden
1960	17.2%	1.96%
1961	16.9%	1.92%
1962	16.6%	1.86%
1963	16.2%	1.79%
1964	15.9%	1.71%
1965	15.4%	1.63%
1966	15%	1.56%
1967	14.5%	1.49%
1968	14%	1.44%
1969	13.4%	1.39%
1970	12.8%	1.34%
1971	12.1%	1.29%
1972	11.5%	1.23%
1973	10.8%	1.16%
1974	10.2%	1.09%
1975	9.6%	1.03%
1976	9.09%	0.98%
1977	8.65%	0.94%
1978	8.27%	0.9%
1979	8%	0.87%
1980	7.82%	0.84%
1981	7.72%	0.82%
1982	7.65%	0.8%
1983	7.59%	0.78%
1984	7.46%	0.77%
1985	7.25%	0.76%
1986	6.95%	0.75%
1987	6.59%	0.74%
1988	6.21%	0.73%
1989	5.88%	0.72%
1990	5.64%	0.7%
1991	5.5%	0.66%
1992	5.46%	0.62%
1993	5.46%	0.57%
1994	5.45%	0.52%
1995	5.37%	0.48%
1996	5.17%	0.46%
1997	4.84%	0.44%
1998	4.44%	0.42%
1999	4%	0.41%
2000	3.6%	0.41%
2001	3.28%	0.4%
2002	3.05%	0.4%
2003	2.9%	0.39%
2004	2.82%	0.37%
2005	2.8%	0.36%
2006	2.8%	0.35%
2007	2.8%	0.33%
2008	2.79%	0.32%
2009	2.75%	0.31%
2010	2.67%	0.31%
2011	2.56%	0.3%
2012	2.42%	0.3%
2013	2.26%	0.29%
2014	2.09%	0.29%
2015	1.91%	0.29%
2016	1.76%	0.28%
2017	1.62%	0.28%
2018	1.51%	0.27%
2019	1.41%	0.26%
2020	1.33%	0.26%
2021	1.27%	0.25%
2022	1.21%	0.25%
2023	1.16%	0.25%